Lord Shadow

Chapter 1694: Situation of the World

Death Monarch appears in Moscow and when he was about to enter the Ice Palace, he turns into a flash of light and follows the light to Katarina

But no one knows this. Jean only knows that Death Monarch is still on Earth and the moment The confirms this, he sent a message to someone

The rest of the world however is still unaware. And they are still uncertain. The world powers, and the people under these world powers.

Peace seems to be so fragile these days. If it is not for the fact that the world still has Oreki, Hikigaya, Jean and Raymond, the world probably would once again fall into chaos

Right now, these four people are the four strongest people in the world.

With their Divine Comprehension realm, they could monitor the world and stop any conflict that could harm the world if they join hands.

Fortunately, enough, even though the interest of their forces is different, these four people seems hell bent in protecting the peace of the world

But the other world powers did not like this. All it takes is a crack in the relationship between the four.

Or maybe greed would ensnare them

Or their interest infringed that would lead to these four people breaking up.

And if that happens, then.....there is always a person waiting on the side-line wanting to breakout.

There is always a faction waiting in the dark, waiting for the world to go out of order. And then they would breakout.

And each breakout moment would come with death and chaos.

Four people controlling the world affairs is not better than one person

Why?

Because even though Death Monarch controls over the world is strong, ironically enough, he did not meddle that much nor did he dictate the world affairs that much

And as years passes by, the people of the world got used to it.

As long as one did not touch Pandemonium, did not touch the security of the world, most of the time, Pandemonium would let things happens naturally.

Oreki and Hikigaya, Jean and Raymond however are not people that the other world powers is very keen on taking power, especially that position of the strongest world power.

Oreki and Hikigaya, their loyalties lies in Japan. If it comes to the choice between the world and Japan, would they really choose the world?

Then there is Jean.

Jean is a war criminal to some.

And he is the Left Channcleor of the Republic. Who knows if he is not using his now newfound influence to well, influence the nations to enter into the Republic.

Then there is Raymond. Raymond is known to have a hireable demeanour. But....he is Hirate most loyal general.

He is a general at best.

Not a king.

Not a ruler. And he seems to not want power. And a person that does not want power, who is in a position of power is the hardest to figure out

What if what he wanted is something that the world and his position cold not satisfy? Will he move the entire world to create his ideal world?

That is only one concern. The other concern is...to what end would he pursue his justice? And is his justice right?

Raymond...would meddle.

But how would he decide which is just and which is right?

Where does he decide the law and where does he decide justice?

The world powers are worried. Worried that these four might break up. Might use their power for their own nefarious scheme and so many more

Funnily enough, it is only now, when they are presented with the alternative, that they suddenly found out that maybe a world order led by Death Monarch is not that bad

At least, people knows his temper. He might be unreasonable. But if you really, really observe, there is always a reason for his unreasonableness.

Yes, if you are caught in the unreasonable attitude of Death Monarch you are screwed but at least those who is vanquished by him, should rest in peace knowing that the butt kicking simply didnʼt fall out of the sky

They did something. Poking the bear

Prodding it with stick maybe. Or maybe, throw some stones at other bears that this one particular bear like

And so, when that happens, a butt kicking from that bear would ensue.

Death Monarch has a method to his sometimes-unreasonable actions. The other four however seems bounded by mortal and worldly desires.

Death Monarch however seems more transcendent. Mayve it is because the image he had cultivated for himself or maybe, it is the way he carried himself.

And now the world powers are silent. They are still peacefully waiting for Death Monarch

But the voices that has been suppressed is about to rise up. There is undercurrent below the surface of this silence.

Especially in Pandemonium.

Pandemonium is the strongest world power. This is known to everyone. And it is also one of the most populous world powers in the world

Before, this was not the case.

Because even though many people wanted to join Pandemonium, to enter it would require them to sail through stormy seas and maybe come across many powerful sea creatures.

Not to mention just because you are the most powerful force in the world, did not mean that it automatically means that people would join you.

Because not everybody could always follow Death Monarch words and order.

To live in Pandemonium means to accept the control of Death Monarch over you.

And while some people could live like that, there is also people that did not want that. These people usually would only visit or make business with Pandemonium but would not join Pandemonium

After the Multiversal Convergence, there is even more people in Pandemonium because those people who were stuck here after the door to their world closed, chooses Pandemonium as their shelter place.

Hence, Pandemonium after the Multiversal Convergence become very populous.

And nowhere else it is more populous than the capital.

There is many rolling hills and lush forest that appears in Pandemonium after the world expanded

There is many enchanting and magical city all over Pandemonium.

But it is the capital that seems to embodies all the development of Pandemonium.

A prosperous metropolis. There is prosperity and harmony, a city that draws people from far and wide to its gates.

The city itself is one of the most defended cities in the world

From each tile and brick under the road of the city, there is magical formation.

These formations make sure the air is clean, make sure the pollutant is destroyed before it could harm the people, act as a warning if any attack is levied toward the city, repel energy blast and that is just only the few functions that these formations have in protecting the city and its citizen

And then if you go to the market, you could see that it is thriving with trade.

There is bustling markets that shows all kind of exotic goods from distant realms

The goods are literally from other realms.

Some levelers who had gone outside Earth and goes to other worlds, bring back their items and sell them on the markets.

There is still lacks of regulation on items brought back from outer space, other realms.

But there is an enforcement agency in Pandemonium to contain the more dangerous item

There is an organization called the Special Containment Elite force. They are usually called the SCE

They are responsible for the containment and cataloguing these dangerous items, relics and even sometimes creatures from some eldritch realms.

Their motto is We secure. We contain. We protect.

There is a motion in the Pandemonium court to create an independent organization to contain these dangerous items that could be found all over the world.

This has great support from all the members of the World Council These dangerous items become even more numerous after the fight with Kaiju.

In the proposal given to the World Council, the organization should be an organization that operates beyond jurisdiction of the bloc of power, empowered and entrusted by every major world power with the task of containing anomalous objects, entities, and phenomena. And it is not only the court that is worried about this. Magical items are powerful but there are some magical items that are too powerful for its own good.

Some of these items have some anomalies that pose a significant threat to the world.

For example, just three weeks before there was an appraiser that brought something from the stall. When he manage to open up that box, that appraiser nearly summon out an eldritch creature with the realm power of Divine Comprehension realm in the middle of the city Fortunately, the detection alarm manage to detect the fluctuation of energy and the SCE managed to contain the box.

Some item did not summon creatures bit instead distorts reality and changes the natural laws.

Some opens up a portal and suck people inside it.

Others, manipulate time and space. >>